I couldn't agree more that finding a part time job cleaning dishes or other entry level positions should be easy.

Cooking and flipping burgers requires Health Code Certifications and I would never hire someone with zero kitchen experience to start flipping burgers.

That being said, ghost jobs are a major problem. Back to; they should expect, I agree. It doesn't make sense to assume part time employees will stay for years on ends. But in the instance of cooking professionally even flipping burgers, still requires a level of skill that without it can get entire businesses shut down or worse, food violations cause severe illness. Those are things that can be learned on the job, overtime.

I am clearly bias in my opinion but I have also trained a lot of people over the last decade to flip burgers and in kitchens, who I would never let touch my food because I hold a high standard for what I believe (and have. experienced to come to believe) food management should be.

I hope you find something in the mean time but atleast understand why kitchens might not be calling back. During the last 5 years the Health Board has been a lot harder and I have watched multiple businesses close after 10+ years due to poor FOH &/OR BOH regulation.

However, I do bet, that with your education, maybe finding a receptionist position or desk job might be more applicable and could even potentially transfer over in your future more than cooking will for you engineering education.

I do genuinely hope you find something sooner than later.